to see Concorde take off. I noticed it from a distance, while landing at New York's JFK airport in another plane. But it stood out unmistakably from other nearby aircraft, like a giant white swan ...

The book also made the following claims: There was a catalogue of operational and cockpit errors on the day of the fatal Concorde crash - July 25, 2000; The crew took off with an over-weight plane ...

It set tests that Concorde could surely never pass: would it be able to take off from JFK, climb fast enough and turn quickly enough to avoid flying over residential areas? You know the answer – in ...